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and A. , !arng a trafor--." We undertake to say, and desire thit it may be remembered, the Brirish Go vernment has suppressed part of Mr. Erskine's in struaions, which would bear Mr. Erskine out the whole letigt h and measure of the engagements which he has made to our Government." Is not this. a complete admission by these who rail against England, that from the instruaions which are now disclosed, Mr. Erskine was not authorised to do what he has done, and that they do not bear him out the whole length and measure of the engage - talents which he has made to our Government. This is all that is asserted or insisted upon by those who pray for the continuance of an honourable peace be tween this country and England. They only say, that in the present case, England is no more hound to ratify the inofficial arrangements of Mr. Erskine, than Mr. Jefferson was to ratify the treaty of Messrs. M.mroe and Pinckney. The necessary conclusion of this - reasoning, and the consequent acquittal of The English Ministry, can be avoided only by deny ing that we have seen Mr. Enkine's instrudions, and asserting that Mr. Canning first authorised him to make the arrangement he has made, then dis avowed it, and finally has suppressed his instruc tions. Now as it can be proved in a word, that such conduct would be as stupid ant: knavish as the greatest tool could imagine or practise, it is incre dible that any man of common sense should listen to it for a moment. Can any man imagine a motive for such a course of policy ? Has England gained any thing by it ? Has not her Ministry now to encounter, in its full force, a jealousy, which her enemies have always fostered ? ales not that pdpular suspicion, which grows out of feeling and disappointment, and which you can scarcely eradicate by words or aetions, court - terbalance any unaccountable advantage that Eng land might have proposed ? Are we in a better hu mour to make great concessions to her, after such important ones have been made to us for nothing ? Our produce was afloat, and entered her harbours as naturally as it left our own. Six-pence on a bag of cotton, gained by a direr trade, could not be the price for which the English Ministry were willing to sell the impartiality cf this country, which they have been labouring so many years to acquire. Be sides, as the minority in Parliament had insisted on a total repeal of the Orders in Council, the Ministry had nothing to fear from a modification of them.— It is impossible, therefore, to find any motive for so touch duplicity, even if it could be conceded ; but what chance was there for concealment in this case ? None. If the English Ministry has deviated in the least from the straight line of honour, we must know it. Consider for a moment into what hands they have committed their fame and fortunes. In order to prove to this country their sincere wish to preserve peace with us, and the fairness of their negociations, the present Ministry have made all their offers to us through Mr. Erskine, who is decidedly in the oppo sition. A greater pledge of their friendly disposi tion could not be given. Mr. Erskine then is their political opponent. Lord Erskine is at the head of the Opposition. Mr. Erskine will not be very ready to submit to disgrace to aid the policy of those to whom he is opposed. Lord Erskine will not, for the honour of his fa mily, suffer such a charge to rest upon his son with out retuta ion, if it can be refuted. • Mr. Erskine has his instiui..'tions in his pockt,tt, and it they will bear him out in what lie has done, will he keep them close wvlten their exposure will confound his oppo nents, and support his claim with propriety, and justice, and duty ? This reasoning, and these remarks, are not drawn forth by the Billingsgate of Duane and Honestus, and that class of beings, whose professional labours are libels on men, and misrepresentations of mea sures. But there is another class of men who dare riot repeat this absurd charge, yet are willing to sup port it by hints and surmises ; men, who have a con flict between their vanity and t heir malignity, yet strive to gratify both ; both men, v 4 ho shun the disgrace of propagating falsehood, which they wish to be be:- Lev: Li. To the admirers of such men, as well as to those who have been too hurried or agitated to con sidL r the subject, these hints are particularly ad dressed. NEW YonK, Ace. 2.—Mr. Canning's disavowal of Mr. Erskine's proceedings, in the case of his ar rangements with this Country, created no little con :stet-nation here.' America was quite unprepared for inch a disclosure;—the destruction of one of her cities could not have caused more alarm. When it was reported Mr. Erskine had acted contrary to his i n structions, and that England would not courne• nalKie w hat he had dune, et ery one's looks pour :rayed distrust, not knowing whether the British IVltnistry were to blame, or whether the blame rested. wholly with Air. Erskine. Some persons were a little more reasonable than others, but the generality excl.,imed loudly against the conduct of the British Adioinistration. For a few days it was very unpleasant for a native of Great B itatn to walk is the st eras. Frequently, in passing any of the gr:alpes at the corners of the streets, where small traffics of ten or twelve persons assembled for the inscussion of their important change, I have heard paany of them observe, in an ill natured way, " that :pan is an Englishman." Their anger has somewhat abated but at one time we were apprehensive of ex periencing the like confusion as prevailed when the Chesuleuke trig:ite was fired upon, when it was al most at thp hazard of an Englishman's life it he made this appearance in public. Tnelialtimore Paper, of this day's arrival, goes so far as to state that 'Mr. Smith concluded the treaty with Mr. Erskine before he saw his instructions, and villa Ws Mr. E. to have acted without any attention to is eiders. This may be a mis-statement ; yet we are very much inclined to believe it, thinking that our Government could not have acted so inconsistently. lt has always been understood that Mr. Erskine leans little towards America, and was- anxious for a &ottleinent. During the last Sessions, he invited to b.s house several of the Members of Congress, who, atter they had dined, introduced the subject of the late happy termination of our countries 'differ ences. One of the company went so far as to ask - Alr:Erskitie, whether he thought what had been done would be ratified by ,his - Government ? It is said Erskine answered, that they could ridt do ptherwise, for England knew the value of American friendship too Well to disapprove what would add so vp . 49h to ' the happlupss of both naoous and 0104- over, he could ass'ire them of her good intentions, knowing that she considered this country of vast importance, and wished by all means for a recon ciliation. There ‘l , ill be much difficulty in per suading this Government to accept of any terms materially different from the arrangement which has already been concluded, although it be owned by Mr. Smith, that he was aware of Mr. E's proceed ings being unauthoriset'. It is the general opinion that Mr. Jackson will not be able to bring matters to any reasonable conclusion. Business is quite at a stand,,excepting the sales at vendue, where a few goods are disposed of, but at considerable deductions, at a loss of not less t han 40 per cent. You , wAt, ere this, have received accounts of the yellow fever committing its sad depredations, but be under no ap prehensions of my safety, for whenever its ravages increase, I will leave the city. As yet we have but few cases, but at Brooklynn, a small village on Long Lland, opposite to us, there have been several cases. All communication is stopped, in consequence of the appearance of this disease. 51 AT I.S. Du z—z Cottcnburgh, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols THE SUN. SOLIM QUIZ DICIRZ VALIUM AUDZAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER ;3, 1809. The Danish privateer which captured the Arch angel ships is taken and carried into Leith by the Snake sloop of war. Badajos Diaries of the 27th tilt. being two days later than those previously received, have just ar rived ; the only article of interest in them is the fol lowing : TALABAN, AUG. I . B.—An Officer of the Placen tia Volunteers, who has arrived here, and who left Puerto de Banos the tith inst. states, that he saw at the said place the division of Sir ROBERT SON engaged with the French from the loth to the itth, and that it became necessary for him to re ale towards the Sierra de Francia, by the town of Montemayor, i❑ the road of Ciudad Rodrigo, that in the attack the regimens of Seville and Merida distinguished themselves greatly, repuls ing the French cavalry, and causing considerable loss to the enemy, who afterwards proceeded to Salamanca in number 15,000 men, with correspond ing artillery, leaving in Placentia 3000 infantry and about 2000 cavalry. He adee,l that Sir R. WILSON killed two French men with his own hand, that the Marquis DE LA ROMANA was at Benevento on the Ist of this month, pushing his advanced posts, compo,ed of the cha6seurs of Castile, and the Q;ieeti's within a few leagues of Salamanca. The said Officer carries a passport from Si► R o ZERTWILsoN, and proceeds for our head-quarters. —(Diario de Badajos, Aug. 26.) The Editor of the Morning Paper, upon whose extraordinary assertions and remarks we yesterday animadverted, has not thought proper to explain himself further. Upon a few points, however, we think it right to make some additional observations. When we abstained from answering the bold statement, relative to the concealment of important intelligence from the highest authority, we really conceived it to be impossible that such an assertion could meet with crecht in, any quarter. Its absur dity, we thought, would furnish the most complete reply. But as t here really appear to be sonic persons who either believe, or pretend to believe r this strange story, because it has not met with a formal contradi&ion, we now state, that we believe it to be one of the grossest fidsehoods ever hazarded by in veteracy. The delicacy we expressed upon the sub je& arose from our unwillingness to enter into a dis cussion as to what had passed between our Sovereign and his Ministers, and most particularly as to the personal motives and opinions of that Personage, the introdudion of whose name into political controver sies is as totally inconsistent with free discussion, as with the respe& due to his exalted station in the Coup try ; and we did hope and trust that such feelings did not require to be " particularly stated." We did, and do, consider as an instance of al most unparalleled audacity the insinuation of the writer before us in respect of Loyd WELLINoToN's Peerage ; but tipon the whole subjeat we felt it the less necessary to speak in detail, because our strong est feeling was that of astonishment,at the bold pre tensions of the Editor of the Times to information upon matters nec.'ssarily confidential, and his allu sions to the contents of a letter, which, according to him, had been equally concealed from King and People ! In regard to Lord CASTLEREAGH, we utterly dis claim , (and we, means ourselves, and nobody but ourselves), any intention of imputing to: his Lord ship, in the smallest degree whatever, the result cf the late campaigns, either in Spain or Holland. --L When we used the tone of slight disapprobation, wa were thinking of something . very different from that wl4ch, The Morning CliroOde pretends to ap -ptehend. It has long been our opinion that the to. ble Secretat'y has not done justice to himself and his office, in suffering personal and delicate motives to interfere with the just exculpation, which he pos sessed, of his oflicial,condua in regard to some for mer military measures. Let The Morning Chroni cle refled upon this, and be grateful for the - for bearance which their friends have experienced. On the subjel of Changes of Administration, we can only notice, as the rumours of the day, that the Duke of PORTLAND'S last attack, and general state of health, have induced him to wish to retire from the Treasury; and that other consequent changes are spoken of, particularly in the War Department, to which, it has been reported, a statesman is to be called, whose energy and decision are almost pro verbial through the world. But these are mere re ports. This, only, we can venture to assert, that the changes alluded to, if they take place, will have no sort of connexion with the present state of our military affairs. We are glad to find that the observations which we yesterday made upon the Jacobinical sentiments and language of the chief Opposition Paper have worked some reformation. But thy Paper in question very wisely endeavours to confine its exculpation to the Emperor of RUSSIA, of whom it says it has been been accused of speaking with " unbecoaling.harsh ness." This is a very tender way of explaining its mode of describing the victims of BUONAPARTE' s overwhelming violence, which has pulled so many Sovereigns from their thrones, whom that Paper denominated " sceptred fools hurled from their thrones by the just decrees of Providence." It was impossible that such inhuman language, to say nothing of the resped and courtesy which all liberal men are disposed to shew toward; the illus trious victims of adversity, could be acceptable to the beads of Opposition, however anxious they may naturally be to regain their posts, and therefore we trust that the feelings of this generous Nation will not again be shocked by expressions that could only be expelled from the Regicides of France, at the most dreadful period of their revolutionary chaos. Yesterday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Duke of PORTLAND'S BOalingtOrl` house, and continued sitting until six o'clock. • Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses AU GUSTA and SOPH lA, accompaniei by Lady TH YNNE; Count MUNSTER, General FITZROY, and Colonel DESBROW, took their .usual ride i❑ Windsor Pak, and returned to the Palace at noon. Lord COLLINGWOOD, we learn, by letters from his fleet, is coming home soon. We - regret to add, he is at present in a very ill state of health. He has been out more than five years, without once setting foot on shore. His Lordship has accumulated an in;tut-nse fortune—it is said upwards of 200,0001. in prize-money. Sir J. T. DUCKWORTH is named as his successor. The Aancy, BRUCE, from Malta, is arrived, after heating off a French privateer, off the Eddystone, on the 4th inst. Three London colliers were captured off the Spurn on Friday last. From Rio Janeiro we have received letters of so recent a date as the 3d ultimo. The French frigate which is said to hare artived there with overtures of peace from BtioNAPARTE, was originally destined for Guadaloupe ; but finding that isl.ind blockaded by a British squadron, she proceeded to Rio Janeiro, adopting the expedient of assuming this diplomatic charader to the Prince REGENT, in order to prevent her falling into the hands of her enemies. This ar tifice has been unsuccessful, and, as we are informed, she has been seized as 11tvful prize. The arsenal of Ferrol is, as far as beauty and con venience-ican make it, mo,t complete, and defended by a single-tier battery of 120 pieces of cannon, of 32 pounders. The store-houses are capacous and well fitted; the basin is extensive and land-locked, with slips for thirteen sail of the line, but there are two only now on the stocks, where they have been seasoning for nearly ten years. MR. GREVILLE.-Yesterday, as this gr..rtleman who is so well known in the fashionable circles, as Proprietor of Argyle-street Rooms, was driving along Grosvenor-place, he met with a serious accident near Buckingham-gate. He went out about three o'clock, in a new curricle, with a new horse, and a new servant, who drove him. As he approached Buckingham-gate, the horse ran away, and one of the wheels of the curricle coming in collision with a rising ground, the vehicle was .-upset, and Mr. Gre vine and his servant were both thrown out. Mr. Grevilie was actually pitched into the air, as if shot from a gun, and thrown upon his head, in which part he received great injury, the crown being much cut, and a very severe contusion on the back of the head. Some gentlemen, who witnessed the acci dent, immediately ran up to his assistance, and con veyed him to the 3d Guards Hospital, in the neigh bourhood, from which he was shortly after carried to Surgeon North's, in Lower Grosvenor-place, where he remained last night. Mr. Grevilie had been previously ill with a rheumatic gout in his feet and hands. He was not, at a late hour last night, in a state -to be removed to his house in Argyle-street. The servant escaped with a very slight hurt. One of the richest lodes of copper that has been seen for many years past, has just been discovered in the neighbourhood of Padstow ; it is of fine grey, are, three feet thick, and worth from 80 to 1001. a fathom ; and is only 15feet below the surface, while the levels are such as .to admit, with ease, of an edit at 40 fathoms. Rocks of grey ore are to be seen on the spot, of 2 cwt. each, and worth 401. per ton. The Gentleman who shot himself in the Angel Inn, on Monday, died yesterday morning. 4 - 16 waS Orotttf7 “:0. AP. A1,3;107 . 15, a navy agent, NAVAL NENV. fnot the LONCON GAZETTE, Sept- is, ilk". Admiralty-Office, Scpt. 12, 1809. Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir Tames Saumarewe, Bart. and K. B. &c. to the Hon. V. W. Pole, dated oil board the Victory, off Nargen, the 27th of Aug. 1809. SIR, Herewith I inclose, for the information of the Leas Commissioners of the Admiralty, a letter from Capt. Marshall, of his Majesty's sloop Lynx, detailing the particulars of Ow capture of three of the enemy's lugger privateers, by the Monkey gun. brit, and the boats of that sloop, in which great praise is due to Lieutenant Fitzgerald, commanding the Monkey, for his judicious maniigoment of-that vessel, as also to Lieutenant Kelly, and the officers and men employed in the boats of the Lynx. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) JAS. SAIIMAREZ. SIR, His Majesty's Sloop Lynx, off Dais Head, Aug. 13, 18n9. I have the honour to inform you, that yester day, on my way to resume my station, his Majes ty's gun-brig Monkey in company, (after leaving the Melpornene's convoy) I saw a lugger to the. S. E. to which I gave chace, and on standing in shore discovered two others, who immediately weighed and anchored within the reef off Dais Head, where the other joined them, and drew up in. a line, hoisting Danish colours, the larger one with springs on her cable. The water being too shoal to enable the Lynx to get within gun-shot of them, at four P. M. I ordered Lieutenant Fitzgerald, in the Monkey, with the boats of the Lynx under Lieu tenant Kelly, first of the sloop, to attack them. On the approach of the brig, the luggers, opened their fire on her, which was not returned till she anchored about half-gun-shot from them, (just at which time she took the ground, but was got off without damage), and aftet two. broadsides, the . luggers cut their cables and ran on shore, where they attempted to scuttle them k but by the weli-direeted. fire of the carronade ip the launch, they were in stantly driven out of them, boarded, and their own guns turned on them before they were enabled to do them much injury, and by five o'clock this morn ing the whole were afloat again. The enemy once or twice attempted to annoy our people with mus ketry, but they were ifistantly dispersed by the ma• rives of the Lynx. To Lieutenant Fitzgerald, of . the Monkey, great credit is due for his conducting the brig through a very intricate channel, with the wind on shore, and for the very judicious manner in which she was\ placed.- To Lieutenant Kelly, and the officers and men in the Lynx's boats, great credit is due; and it gives me particular satisfaction in adding, this lit tle piece of service has been performed willow a single man being hurt on our part. Before the Danes quitted the largest lugger, they placed a cask of powder clo,e to the fire-place, wish tho evident intention of blowing the vessel u:), and as it was not discovered till some time after she was taken, the escape was most providential : this dis" graceful mode of warfare should be known, to uO guarded against. I have the honour to be, &c. J. W. MARSHALL. Sir J. Saumarez, Bart. Vice-Admiral, &c. Luggers' Names. Captain Jepen, pierced for Jo gulls, 4 guns and 4 howitzers- - mounted, and 4s men ; 2 howitzers thrown overboard. Name unknown, 4 guns and zo men. Speculat►on, 3 guns and 19 men ; 2 guns thrown overboard. N. B. N umber of men known from the Master of the lug.. ger taken by the Standard. Admiralty-Office, Sept. 12, 1809. i i Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez has transmit• ted to the Hen. W. W. Pole, a Letter from Lieu tenant Wm. Wells, commanding the idas s (2) hired cutter, giving an account of his having captured thd Danish cutter privateer Flora, of six guns and thirty men, about nine miles from the Scaw.. She had been Six weeks out from Copenhagen, and had made but one capture, a Danish vessel, arm had been pie" viously taken by his Majesty's sloop Allan, and which was also recaptured by the Idas. • . PDXTSMOUTIT, SEPT; 12.---Artifed the Samuel Barnard, SELLERIG, from Jamaica; sailed the 20th July, and parted convoy on the 28th August - in a gale of wind ; most of the Fleet received da mage in top-masts, Src.; arrived also his Maj-.•sty's ship klanequin, with a fleet of transports from Piy, _mouth. wiitehrboaurfigeet for the . Downs ; and Sailed the Hoalerdiyragt4nsin)i-tbg, Cl eri for Arlived the Jam., YOUNG ; Industry, BELL ) Thomas, WILKINSON i and Umphin, JOHNSON, from Sunderland. Sailed his Majesty's ship kiapper, with a sco 33 convoy for the Downs. DOVER, SEPT. 12.—The Enemy's privateers wet° so daring this morning, that they captured thre s brigs and a ship, the former supposed to be trans . ports, the latter an American, which they carried ci fl in triumph. Two sloops of war, lying in the roads' gave chace, but, I am sorry to say, without succe-s" as the former were seen to enter Calais, and the 131 ' ter Boulogne. Kid it not been for the men of war going after them so promptly, in all probability many other ships then passing by this place Wou ld . have shared a similar fate. On Monday the Officers of the garrison of Dqver gave a Concert, at the Assembly Rooms at that place, for the laudable purpose of contributing t 0 "- wards the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Children of the Non-Conitnissioned Officers and soldiers who so nobly fell in the late actions in Spain and holland. We are happy to state that it wa s fully attended, upwards of 501. having been colleet" ed,, deduEtiog expences. It is to be wisi)ed that this lamlahle example may be genOally fb./-